December 27, 2019

Securing the rights of individuals within the law is a key way to secure the stability of the country. As long as DSS can arrest people and detain them against court orders, as long as the police can frame up people and bribe judges to detain them based on trumped up charges: as long as these can happen on a system level basis, it will be legitimate to seek a break up of the country. So, inadvertently or due to lack of strategic thinking, DSS and the police and other Nigerian security forces have done more than anyone else to push Nigeria toward a breakup. And given the level of these problems in Nigeria, it is almost inevitable that Nigerian leaders cannot govern Nigeria as one country. Thus conclusion is based on their inability to secure the basic rights and freedoms of the individuals and communities. Understanding that the breakup of Nigeria is tending toward an existential necessity, rather than a mere ego-tripping exercise is the key to progress. It is inevitable and it is a necessity. If one understands so, then the focus shall be on how to manage that process rather than on the costly, but doomed effort to stop the unstoppable. This strategic knowledge is something that both those who will lead the breakup and those who will try to oppose it should have. On the part of those who want the breakup, they need this knowledge to understand the best terms and conditions on which they will achieve their aim. On the part of those who would try to resist the breakup, they need it in order to understand the best terms and conditions that can be negotiated. It is all for the efficient management of an inevitable breakup. In fairness to all sides, the question could still be asked: is the breakup inevitable? The answer is that there is no realistic alternative to a breakup. Breakup of Nigeria can be pursued on the basis of administrative efficiency if not on the basis of ethnic justice. Constantly declaring that Nigeria one united or indivisible country is actually a mockery to human intelligence, when done in face of mounting evidence to the contrary. In conclusion, the leaders of both the Nigerian police and DSS have done more than IPOB to push Nigeria toward a breakup.

Securing the rights of individuals within the law is a key way to secure the stability of the country. As long as DSS can arrest people and detain them against court orders, as long as the police can frame up people and bribe judges to detain them based on trumped up charges: as long as these can happen on a system level basis, it will be legitimate to seek a break up of the country. So, inadvertently or due to lack of strategic thinking, DSS and the police and other Nigerian security forces have done more than anyone else to push Nigeria toward a breakup. And given the level of these problems in Nigeria, it is almost inevitable that Nigerian leaders cannot govern Nigeria as one country. Thus conclusion is based on their inability to secure the basic rights and freedoms of the individuals and communities. Understanding that the breakup of Nigeria is tending toward an existential necessity, rather than a mere ego-tripping exercise is the key to progress. It is inevitable and it is a necessity. If one understands so, then the focus shall be on how to manage that process rather than on the costly, but doomed effort to stop the unstoppable. This strategic knowledge is something that both those who will lead the breakup and those who will try to oppose it should have. On the part of those who want the breakup, they need this knowledge to understand the best terms and conditions on which they will achieve their aim. On the part of those who would try to resist the breakup, they need it in order to understand the best terms and conditions that can be negotiated. It is all for the efficient management of an inevitable breakup. In fairness to all sides, the question could still be asked: is the breakup inevitable? The answer is that there is no realistic alternative to a breakup. Breakup of Nigeria can be pursued on the basis of administrative efficiency if not on the basis of ethnic justice. Constantly declaring that Nigeria one united or indivisible country is actually a mockery to human intelligence, when done in face of mounting evidence to the contrary. In conclusion, the leaders of both the Nigerian police and DSS have done more than IPOB to push Nigeria toward a breakup.